Richard R. Hershberger wrote:
...
> Baseball, in the meantime, came over much earlier, apparently as part
> of children's play culture. There was no standard form, and it
> developed along local lines. It gradually was adopted as an adult
> game, and clubs formed.
Gradually adopted? Or the kids grew up and never stopped playing? But as
grown ups they realized the "it's my ball so five strikes for an out" was not
the way to go and developed fixed rules for the game.
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